Chapter 190
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After the Operation, Marsh and others were left at the borders, Marsh thought as John and others left, "Commander Anak is quite good as a tactician however he is quite ruthless . Well, I still won’t pity those guys of Goldrush rcenaries after that taste . However, he is bad for my taste . "
Jeb the subordinate laughed as he nodded and spoke, "Well, Anyone can understand after what happened to Greenwoods Village, I think he doesn’t want a repeat of Greenwoods village and hence his actions . And part of the reason for him being a good tactician is that his subordinates are quite good at tracking rcenaries while they also have the benefit of using those telescopes . However, I think that Captain Arlen too was a capable enough commander with his skills, judgnt and combat abilities . "
Amber was in a good mood as heard their gossip and butted in, "I think commander Anak is cool enough, In my first duel with Commander, I got an important lesson which was quite useful against enemy commanders today . Captain Arlen, I feel he and his subordinates too are very strong from the aura they possess, I think I can only beat 6-7 of them but they were completely subservient to General Anak, I think we don’t even know the real abilities of General Anak, he was basically playing at the battlefield . As for those rcenaries, I don’t think you should pity those criminals . They are just a sore tumor to the people leading normal lives . I hope Commander Anak leads us frequently, there are fewer restrictions under him compared to you, Captain or Minister Jay . "
Amber laughed as he left for his quarters .
Marsh and Jeb sighed as they too left for preparations for the next day .
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Diana, Eva and others were looking for John in his palace previously and now at the Administrative Headquarters,
They currently wanted John’s consultations regarding their new cloth line which was previously designed by John, Diana asked Taylor as they headed into his office, "Hey Taylor, where is John today? I can’t see him around in his office, has he gone sowhere else?"
Taylor was in a dilemma as he waited a bit, smiled and made up a lie, "I think Lord may be training with Lord Vlad or lanie . or he might be with the Rose dical departnt . "
Eva had sharp eyes and asked in a sharp tone after hearing so hesitance in Taylor’s tone, "How co you aren’t sure about his schedule today? Normally he would always plan ahead and make his schedule and now what you are saying is unlike John’s normal behavior . "
After getting caught, Taylor tried to make up an excuse, "You see, even Lord is sotis carefree . So I don’t know his actual location today . Anyways I need to receive an important guest, right now . I will leave for now . " He left without giving an explanation as he knew that he would get caught if he spoke more .
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After so ti,
John arrived with his small entourage inside the city as he left the remaining forces at Border . Mayor Sam was the one who greeted him first . John didn’t wait as he imdiately headed for his office in the Administrative headquarters after giving so information to Mayor Sam .
John nodded and gave his orders before he left, "I hope you had a good day, Mayor . Let know if you face any problems . You can announce the results of this operation to the people . "
One of the commoners asked, "Who is this man that is getting such treatnt from Mayor Sam? Mayor Sam isn’t even offended with how that guy imdiately headed off . Who is he? It seems like he is in a hurry . "
Another Old man spoke, "Looking at the entourage I am guessing he is our new General, Anak Everburning from the ghosts division . I heard the officers speaking about the appointnt of a new General . Looking at the other guy with big ears I think he is the elf, Arlen from the sa division . Today, I heard at the Administrative HQ’s that they have imdiately started operations against the rcenaries . I think we might get our answer soon . As for why he left imdiately, I think he doesn’t like fanfare as he is from the Ghost’s division and another reason might be that he would want to report to Count John about the recent operation . "
Mayor Sam announced to everyone about Anak, "There is good news for everyone over here today, et our new General, The Everburning Anak who has joined the army just the Ghost Division . Today the Army started their operations against rcenaries on the orders of our Lord looking at the grave situation which affected Greenwood Village . Lord Anak and his n obliterated 16 companies of Goldrush rcenaries who were responsible for the massacre at Greenwood village . In this assault, we didn’t lose any n which itself shows the prowess of our army and General . From now, there will be fewer problems of bandits at our borders with the Presence of General Anak as they will be actively cleaning them up . As for why he is wearing a mask, it’s his usual habit from his days at Ghosts . As for the announcent from the Imperial Capital, Common n don’t need to worry as we already have made our provisions for such a situation . "
One of the rchants rejoiced as he heard, "Really? 16 companies of Goldrush rcenaries were taken care of? Now, this is good . They are ones who looted and killed n from my caravan previously . I hope they are taken care of as fast as possible . "
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Taylor imdiately headed out of his office and greeted John after John entered Administrative Headquarters, "I hope the operation went well, Milord . " Both of them headed into John’s office and imdiately got to important talks .
John nodded and imdiately got to the point, "Yes, it was good, there were no casualties . From the rumors, I believe, 3 rats were able to escape our first assault . Was there any problem when I left? Is there any news from the capital?"
Taylor was surprised as he heard that John killed all of his enemies, He regained his calm and answered, "No Sir, there were no problems . As for news from capital Yes, there is a response as we expected, The Imperial court is openly targeting us now that they achieved full production of Ballistas . They have targeted our food imports for the reason that we are raising inflation because of our buying spree . They said we need to handover Blake, Eric and Jake . While at the sa ti they wanted you to publically apologize to the Royal family for offending them and sullying their na . They have basically already judged us as the culprits behind the Greenwood village incident without even investigating a little bit for nasake, I guess they are in a hurry . Currently, they also sent General Irwin the Desert Fox from the Western front with 20,000 soldiers in the northern barracks . Partly the reason they are confident now is because of the results gained at the Western front against Beastn with the use of our ballistas . "
John laughed as he mocked them, "Hahaha, Do they really expect to follow all of this and ditch my n? now the real show will begin . Start transporting the Cannons on to our castles and all the other army units . Tomorrow we will openly target the base of Goldrush rcenaries with our best runic Ballistas . The army has lifted the ban on using rifles . Imdiately start arming every single one of our soldiers . As for that Commander, we don’t need to worry about them . He is anyway sent here to make problems . Since they want more problems . I might as well provoke him tomorrow . Any other news?"
Taylor nodded and gave a report about the movents of the Royal family, "Well, there are so suspicious movents from the Royal family as we couldn’t locate 1/4th of their craftsn and forgers . And the point is, they are the best forgers, craftsn and runesmiths . "
John nodded and imdiately ca to the conclusion, "Hmm . . . It looks like they may have made so improvent on the ballistas and hence the secrecy . Very well, increase the surveillance on them . Report to if you find their best craftsman . Good job on reporting this to . The canons will anyway force them to reveal their trump cards . No, we will first reveal our best version of Ballistas, the ones with 2-3 tis power and the range since it seems they are hiding sothing . Surprising them with canons would be too early . We will surprise them after they reveal their cards . It would be better this way . "
Taylor nodded and imdiately followed the orders .
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Josephine spotted Anak and Taylor as she asked others as she looked suspiciously at Anak, "Who is that guy who entered with Taylor in John’s office?"
Diana looked at the direction and recalled a sketch, "I think he is the new general of John, His na is Anak . That was the only information Vlad gave . That guy is full of mysteries apart from the fact that he was previously working in Ghosts . "
Sally looked suspiciously at Anak and laid out her thoughts, "Really? At First Look I thought it was John, I think he looked a lot like John from the way he walked or looking at the body language of Taylor . Taylor isn’t submissive to others apart from John . Well, I am not sure about this . "
Eva furrowed her brows as she was thinking about her conversation with her grandma previously, ’What is that old hag planning again? Why does she want to invite John again? And where has John gone? I better be cautious this ti around and bring others . ’
Diana nodded as she thought of Sally’s conclusions, ’I too feel that sothing is fishy, maybe I should catch Dearil and make him open his mouth . He is deliberately avoiding for the last 2 days . I am sure he knows sothing . ’
anwhile, John shivered as he was in a eting with Taylor .
John thought, ’Why do I get this feeling of danger these days . I hope it isn’t so Blackmagic of my enemies . ’
Taylor asked John after watching the weird behavior, "What happened Lord, is there so matter?"
John shook his head and spoke, "Nothing, you can continue with other reports . "
Taylor nodded and handed in Tornwall’s current progress report, "Tornwall is near completion to make his prototype of Steam Engine and he is quite confident in the success this ti as well . "
John nodded as he too was confident, "Hmm . . . Ok, tell him to proceed with the mass production of Steam engines as soon as possible, we will be using them in Ships to power them as well . Tell him, he can experint with other materials as well to make new products and see the differences . anwhile, we will start clearing the northern forest with Cannons from tomorrow onwards . Make sure none of the commoners co in the areas . Let Jay handle that Operation, Arlen and Marsh will be at borders . "
"Okay, Milord . "
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lanie gave a letter to her subordinate which she got from her Institute, "Make sure this letter is addressed to Duke Friedreich . It should reach within a day . Use the Magic Telegram, here are 20 gold coins . "
lanie thought, ’Hmph that guy dares eye my Grandson in law . He can’t do anything after my plan succeeds . I will love to see his face after the success of my plan . ’
Dwight anwhile sincerely tried his best to convince lanie, "Grandma, can I read your books . Please? I will deliver this letter without fail . ".
lanie smiled and thought, ’Hmph, this brat thinks that I don’t know why he ca . Very well let him continue his futile efforts . ’
lanie laughed as she answered, "Ok, Make sure to deliver this letter . I will let you have access to my books . "
Dwight smiled as he took the letter and headed to deliver it via the spies, ’Now this is good news . I am sure Minister Plato will be pleased . Well, Grandma lanie is behaving quite suspiciously these days even after such a big achievent . Anyway, who cares . ’
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